- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Sarawak is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Under the federal law male homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia, punishable by 2-20 years in prison, however the status of female homosexuality is unclear under the Malaysian federal law.
Muslim citizens of Malaysia can be sentenced to fines, caning and imprisonment for conducting same-sex sexual relations under some states which imposes sharia law. The maximum sentence that sharia courts can impose for these acts is up to three years prison, fines of up to RM 5,000 (1,204 USD) and caning of up to six strokes or all three.
Same-sex marriage in Sarawak is banned.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sarawak is state-enforced.
Right to change legal gender in Sarawak is illegal.
The date reference is the date Singapore separated from Malaysia, making it the country it is today.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sarawak is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Sarawak is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Sarawak is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Sarawak is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Sarawak is single only.
Intersex infant surgery in Sarawak is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Sarawak is illegal.
Blood donations by MSMs in Sarawak is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Sarawak is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Sarawak is n/a.